CLUSTER MUSIC-AUDIO-LOCAL · 41 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-10-22
Local music library players
This cluster consists of desktop music players that play and organize local audio files, offering library scanning, playlist creation, tag editing, and support for audiophile formats like high-resolution or lossless audio. Dated entries span from 2011 to mid-2026, with a thin and sporadic early history and a visible rise in the months just before the index start. The highest activity signals belong to amus, muzaiten-bin, and mpz, each at 0 stars, and five members lack source dates.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled
Operator · 5 hobby · 15 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01rhine-lab-music6★12 days—hobbyDesktop music player that transforms a local music collection into a navigable 3D archive with album art, lyrics, and audio-reactive visuals.
- 02userfy2★10 days—hand-codedhobbyDesktop music player that turns local music folders into a Spotify-like experience with mixes, lyrics, and stats.
- 03mossp0★24 daysliveopen sourceOpen-source desktop music player that plays audio files and organizes a local music collection.
- 04edoras2★16 days—hobbyLocal-first music player for Windows that imports local files and organizes a personal music library.
- 05musicowl1★12 dayslivehobbyWindows music player that plays local audio files, organizes the library by albums and artists, creates personal mixes, and offers radio, equalizer, and lyrics.
- 06amus0★1 moliveopen sourceLocal music player that allows users to play and organize their own music files.
- 07ferrumkix-bin0★19 daysliveopen sourceDesktop music player that organizes tracks into album-grouped playlists and supports Audio CD playback.
- 08ferrumplay-bin0★29 daysliveopen sourceDesktop music player that groups songs into album-based playlists and supports playing Audio CDs.
- 09war-music-player0★2 days—hobbySelf-hosted browser music player that organizes MP3 folders into searchable playlists and provides cover art.
- 10muzaiten-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceNative music player for local libraries that supports ratings and scrobbling.
- 11mpz0★19 daysliveopen sourceMusic player for navigating and playing tracks from very large local music collections.
- 12Foldio0★1 moliveopen sourceMusic player that plays local music organized by folders, treating subfolders as playlists.
- 13redemption-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceDirectory music player that recursively plays audio files from nested folders.
- 14Rhythmbox0★1 moliveopen sourceMusic player and manager that plays local files, podcasts, radio streams, and supports portable devices.
- 15strawberry-lite0★19 daysliveopen sourceMusic player aimed at audio enthusiasts and collectors, offering a lighter feature set for local playback.
- 16sonictree-bin0★1 moliveopen sourceA desktop music player that organizes audio files by folder and plays local music collections.
- 17Tauon0★1 moliveopen sourceMusic player that organizes local audio collections by folder, streams from network media servers, and shows lyrics and album art.
- 18clementine0★16 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceMusic player that organizes and plays audio files from a local music collection.
- 19Strawberry Music Player0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceA music player and organizer with support for many formats, aimed at collectors and audiophiles.
- 20JuK0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceMusic player that manages local audio collections and playlists with tag editing and automatic file organization.
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